The Great Ubuntu-Girlfriend Experiment

[Phil Bieber]

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:50 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2008/4/28 Vadim Peretokin <vperetokin at gmail.com>:
>
>
>  > You mean it's the tests there professionals did:
>  > http://www.betterdesktop.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main
>  > Except done by a non-professional and actually listened to!
>
>
>  There's a usability bug for the issues raised in the post:
>
>  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-meta/+bug/223436
>
>  The Transmission one might actually make it into Hardy. (BitTorrent is
>  pretty darn mainstream, and labelling Transmission as BitTorrent
>  should be enough for the n00b user IMO. "BitTorrent - that's how you
>  get telly, isn't it?")
>
>
>
>
>  - d.
>
Hi!
The problem with some of those problems is, that they are not strictly
Ubuntu-related. Ubuntu can't force to change Transmission's icon, or
to change stuff in pidgin. And another bunch of things are more Gnome
related, I would say. I'd assume that every Gnome distribution is
fighting with the "428.2 GB Media". I do agree with the flash part. It
should be better incorporated into the desktop. Perhaps similar to the
way restricted drivers are managed. So to write a "Restricted Extras
Manager" or something in that general direction.
Also, I'm missing some consistency in the naming-scheme in
Gnome/Ubuntu's Gnome, or at least a way to change it. I,for one, look
for programs and not for tasks (or is there a way to change that
without changing every link in the menu?). In KDE, there is a way to
switch between different the different formats...

BTW: My girlfriend enjoys her KUbuntu 7.04 and gets everything done
she needs to.

Cheers
Phil Bieber
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